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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 267, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

December 17, 1995Lee County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 17, 1995, 7:45 PM CST for Lee County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 17, 1995, 7:45 PM CST (01:45 UTC)
Expired
Dec 17, 1995, 8:45 PM CST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Lee County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 282 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-12-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-12-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
542 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
291 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KSAT 180145 RRA
SVRSAT
TXC287-180245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
745 PM CST SUN DEC 17 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...LEE COUNTY
 
AT 740 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SOUTHWEST OF
GIDDINGS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3
INCHES PER HOUR ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.  FLOODING OF LOW LYING
AREAS IS LIKELY.
 
 
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY
OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 17, 7:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXLee60 min
Dec 17, 9:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Medina58 min
Dec 18, 12:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKarnes61 min
Dec 18, 2:38 AM CSTTornado WarningEWXLavaca67 min
Dec 18, 3:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGoliad33 min
Dec 18, 3:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKarnes61 min
Dec 18, 3:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDeWitt65 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.